by Miguel Delibes · La Vanguardia, España · tapa dura · ISBN 8431474001248
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«El hereje» is the historical novel by Miguel Delibes, published by La Vanguardia in hardback (497 pages, in Spanish).
Set in sixteenth-century Valladolid, the story centres on Cipriano Salcedo, a man caught up in the religious conflicts of the time and persecuted by the Inquisition. The novel addresses religious intolerance, freedom of conscience and fanatical repression.
The novel was originally published in 1998 and this edition belongs to the Selección Contemporáneos collection.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction interested in sixteenth-century Spain and in conflicts of conscience against religious power.
Miguel Delibes Setién was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Spanish Academy, where he occupied letter "e" seat. Educated in commerce, he began his career as a cartoonist and columnist. He later became the editor for the regional newspaper El Norte de Castilla before gradually devoting himself exclusively to writing novels.
